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CHICAGO (Capitol News Illinois) - In May 2018, Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore called the utility's longtime top contract lobbyist, Mike McCl...

Former Commonwealth Edison CEO Anne Pramaggiore is scheduled to resume testifying in her own defense Monday in the “ComEd Four” bribery trial.

The prosecution’s best testimony has come from the defendants’ own mouths, captured in the dozens of wiretapped phone calls and secretly recorded videos.

As the trial shifts to the defense phase, one thing has become clear. The prosecution’s best testimony hasn’t come from the cooperators who testified, but from the defendants’ own mouths.

As CEO of Illinois’ powerful ComEd utility company, Anne Pramaggiore had to take risks. On Thursday, she took another as she stepped to the witness stand at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse downtown, to testify in her own defense.

Anne Pramaggiore, former ComEd CEO, testified Thursday in the federal bribery trial involving alleged payments to former Speaker Mike Madigan.

(The Center Square) – Former ComEd CEO Joseph Dominguez told jurors in the “ComEd Four” federal corruption trial on Thursday that top utility officials often struggled to get a clear read on one-time House Speaker Mike Madigan, adding ...

Anne Pramaggiore will face more questions when the ComEd bribery trial resumes Monday, when she will surely face vigorous cross-examination by prosecutors in the high-stakes case.

Federal jurors have spent five weeks listening to the voice of former ComEd CEO Anne Pramaggiore, caught in a cache of secret FBI recordings in which prosecutors say she conspired with her colleagues to bribe then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.

(The Center Square) – Anne Pramaggiore looked calm as she strolled to the witness stand late Thursday to defend herself against charges she was part of a scheme to curry favor with Illinois' longtime former House speaker to benefit her...